Each weaver ant colony inhabits from half a dozen to more than a hundred nests at any given time, forming a metropolis of boroughs and suburbs connected by busy commuter routes. A hierarchy of ...

Fire ant colonies are typically built around either a single queen or multiple queens. Single-queen colonies will not accept additional queens, and workers will execute any potential competitor to ...

Weaver ant nests used as an alternative pesticide ... Her research team is now looking into boosting populations of existing ...

Hölldobler, B. 1983. Territorial Behaviour in the Green Tree Ant (Oecophylla smaragdina). Biotropica 15:241-250. Hölldobler, B. and E. O. Wilson. 1983. Queen Control in Colonies of Weaver Ants ...

Ants are common insects, but they have some unique capabilities—including their legendary communication skills that allow their colonies to function as superorganisms. Invasive ant species are ...

Five colonies of yellow crazy ants (YCA) have now been detected in Maryborough in Queensland, a key access point to K'gari, following earlier detections in Booral, a Hervey Bay suburb near the ...